Or ebola or infectuous disease and the recent elections are just a dream and harry reid is still in charge of the september and nancy pelosi is the speaker again. And that is scary. Dont worry, that didnt hampttonight on the huckabee special. Threats to america and what ought to scare us. And xooel well separate the fact from the frivolous and find out if the government is helping the problems. We are not a version of the Freddie Kruger movie. But to help you understand the threats the country faces and what you should do to be ready. Call a friend and sit tight and stay tuned. After tonight, you will be far better informed and prepared than your neighbors are to face your fears. This is the atrocity. The Islamic State shoes the beheading of another american. Breaking tonight. A lone wolf terrorist attack in canada. A man suspect of terrorism here attacks a new york city police. And it is halting the march to Nuclear Weapon and nearing a critical juncture. North korea is continually developing longer range missile. And russian attackers are suspected of a breach of the White House Computers and emt could thrive on circuitry on electronics. That means no water or food. Or telecommunication. According to a september report for the Government Accountability institute. President obama rarely attends Intelligence Briefings and misses more than half of them. Those on the president s side claims he reads them even if he doesnt attend in person. Face time and advisors allow the commander in chief to it work through the information by the Intelligence Community on the hot spots around the globe and the critical threats, he will learn more if he is there regarding Americas National security. Throughout tonights special. Well be joined by a panel of real expert and they are called our cabinet. They are advisors we brought together and discuss the threats posed to the u. S. And how to draegsz them. It is retired general daniel bol jer who spent 35 years in the u. S. Army in iraq and afghanistan and been in strategy meetings with military officials and author of why we lost the generals inside account of iraq and afghanistan wars and. Ceo of concerned veterans of america. Pete hexic. He is a captain in the u. S. Army reserves and served in Guantanamo Bay and a veteran of iraq and afghanistan wars and kt Mcfarland Fox news analyst and host of the deaf comthree. She served in National Security posts in the nixon and ford and reagan administration. Glad you are here and welcome to the special edition of the threats we face. Well jump in to it. Kt, if you were to assess americas position in relation to National Security, give us a grade a to f. We could be a a but we are a c minus hovering to a d. What is the position. We are sucked in the last years in wars in wars and propping up dictators that dont matter and who dont like us. The better thing would be to restore americas vitality through energy and fraking and also froe focus on protecting the home land Missile Defense and home land with a better economy and building up americas defenses so that no one picks a fight with us and look at the threats. Pete i saw you and the general nodding your head. Are we better prepared than we were, lets just say six years ago when the Administration Took Office . I dont think we are. The plates have shifted over the last six years and in the meantime, you have a disinterested president and 50 time doesnt believe that American Power and american strength is good and incowses good out comes. Patty roosevelt said speak softly and carry a big speak. But the president speaks shoftly and has a little stick. You can so the dictators fill the process. And gentleman, you have seen a lot of president s come and go and administrations and policies come and go. If i were cornering you in a secret room. What is your biggest concern about the manner in which we are using and preparing the military . We have a tendency to misuse the military. The American Military is built for short, very decisive operations like desert storm. When you use it in vietnam or what we saw in iraq and currently see nothing afghanistan you are misusing a great instrument. Pete talked about speak softly and carry a big stick. The president has a big stick and best trained and equipped and you have to keep them strong andous them properly. And that is to say let the pit bull out and when it is over put it back. Outstanding. And one of the things you just mentioned was the difference between vietnam and desert storm. Everyone said we learned from vietnam. And did we learn from desert storm, and it looks like we didnt learn from either one of them, is that what you assess . The military of people and people are subject to a degree of arrogance. And people who fought in vietnam and men like colin powell and they had humility. But the guys my age didnt fight in vietnam and we took our country in the war, we thought we could pull it off and we department. Good point, we know that terrorist want to kill us and how will they try to launch the attack. A major strike or lone wolf or home grown attack increase in this country and are we prepared . Well ask the retired cian officer and our panel when we come back. Come back. So stay w [ female announcer ] if you dont think ive still got it when you think aarp, then you dont know aarp. Life reimagined gives you tools and support to get the career youll love. Find more real possibilities at aarp. Org possibilities. Weve always been] to at the forefrontumman,love. Of advanced electronics. Providing technology to get more detail. Detect hiddethreats. See the whole picture. Process critical information, and put it in the has of our defenders. 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Does breathing with copd. Weigh you down . Dont wait ask your doctor about spiriva handihaler. Radical islamic terrorist want to kill americans and what was the most likely way groups like isis plan on hurting us . Gary is an officer who led several cia deployments including the United States response to the east Africa Embassy bombing and the 9 11 attacks and the commander of all cia forces in eastern afghanistan and joins us now from tampa. Thank you for joining us here. Lets talk about. When we think of terrorist threats, we think of another 9 11 and catastrophic. But we have seen other terrorist activities. Boston marathon bombings and shootings in little rock and fort hood massacre. What should we worry about the most . The problem we have, governor, we face an array of threats from terrorist organizations in isis,inous ra. And alqaeda prime and all of these organizations together. We have an open society with 320 million people. And we issue millions of visas and people come in this country and we have an open border. We face small threats and individual and larger threats. This is it a very, very heavy list for the u. S. And this is the largest number of groups that we have faced at any time and they are more lethal. Our intelligence capabilities is shifted from human and now the whiz bang and electronic snooping and drone searching. Have we made a fundmental mistake. You of a cia guy and i expect a straight up answer not one that will get us killed, but are we missing the point on the value of human intelligence over the whiz bang stuff. Technology is safer to do when you do it remotely and human you are close. And putting people at risk, this administration is risk adverse. It wants to take minimal risk. You dont win the struggle with jihaddist without risk. We have to put people in theater and human penetration of isis. Andinous raand the other groups. It is the only way to protect the United States. We need a strong offense and defense. What do you think of the weak points in our approaches to fight terrorism. Where are we vulnerable the most . We are most vulnerable to the open border. Close that border applause you know, that seems so chlor i would think. I am going to bring the panel in. And this time, general, i will start with you. You heard gary, a long time cia guy and military intelligence has to Work Together or somebody do is. To be blunt. Have there been areas and lets go back further, 20 years in which there is a competition than a collaboration between the military forces and intelligence forces. I think gary knows it well. We have done better since 9 11 and gary helped to bring them together. My concern we might slip back to the old ways with the competing bureaucracy. Gary used the term called risk adverse. You dont want to go in fighting the terrorist with hands tied behind your back. The Intel Services have to Work Together. Do you think that the post 9 11 reforms have helped or hurt. I would like to say when we invaded afghanistan in 2001 and the invasion of iraq, cian officers and special operations teams worked together and you couldnt tell one from the other. We need that cooperation and sharing of intelligence. During that conflict we shared names of sources and we wanted them to understand the danger and the intel. And with that level of intensity are we going to prevail. We have to recognize. It is it a source fight and incumbent on the Intelligence Community to share. They have the information. Kt, you were in a number of president ial administrations in the defense side, when the president came out and essentially said the whole thing that went wrong with intelligence and it is james clappers fault. How demoralizing. When the president sells out people under him. It is a civilian control the military and intelligence communities and the president has to have their back and stand by them and protect them and thats where the break down is coming. Mistakes that are made in faulty judgment with the president and his administration and instead of manning up. He said not my fault and it is over and. And you cant run a country and expect the military to follow you. Gary, with your contacts in the cia, was that a demoralizing moment and what the officers said why would i stick my neck out and put my own life at risk if i would be solid down the river the at a moment of truth. There is a culture of risk aversion and that is inserting itself in the agency because it comes from the president. People dont trust the administration to stand behind them at crunch time. Pete, just to get your perspective of how it affects the people in the military . There is a disconnect between the mission. Destroying isis and the capabilities to bring it to bear. The dirty work of defeating the enemy requires the boots on the grouped and work alongside the forces and win the fight. It is going to take killing bad guys on the ground and not remotely and not air power to defeat isis and the military is frustrated. I got an email from somebody who said. Joe biden said we will follow them to gates of hell. How do i follow them if i cant leave my base . Wow. That said it all. Gary burns, thank you for joining us. China trying its darnedest to be a super power than the United States. Our panel stays and you will, Marie Callenders knows your favorite dutch apple pie starts with a golden flaky crust, wedges of fresh fuji apples, and a brown sugar streusel on top. So she made her dutch apple pie just like that. Marie callenders. Its time to savor. Fifteen percent or more fifon car insurance. D save you Everybody Knows that. Well, did you know certain cartoon characters should never have an energy drink . Action blahbechtblah blublublubblah geico®. Introducing the birds of america collection. Fifty stunning, handpainted plates, commemorating the state birds of our proud nation. Blahbechtblah blublublubblah geico®. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. We are back. When we think of threats we think of terrorism, not enfour countries, but one country, china, has an impact on our way of life and your money. Joining us it gordon. Thank you for joining us. Thank you, so much, governor. How does china threaten the american way of life . Well, china, is stealing the jobs and predatory trade tractis and cyber threat and Ballistic Missiles to north korea and iowa ran and configuring the military to fight us. Last october state media threatening to incinerate tens of millions of americans and threatened to kill people in chicago with radioactivity. On our part, we say china is a friend and there iss a mispatch of perceptions here. You list all of the threats from china, and your point will be . It is obvious there is a number of ways china is a direct threat to the security of the United States. I have frankly never trusted them. And a lot of americans think they are our economic salvation and our new friend and partner and growing in capitolism. And they have to be just fine. What are we missing . We are missing and trying to integrate chinese in the International System every since nixon went to china 42 years ago. The chinese dont want to be integrated and they dont like the international rules. They want to change things for the worse with allies like the russians and north korea the and this is a mistake on our part. Ronald reagan knew the nature of regimes matters and the soviet union would not be i partner of the United States because of the nature of the political system. China has a political system that prevents it from being a partner from us. And we fail to understand that. Kt, gordon mentioned intellectual property is stolen and illegally traded products in the economy. China has had a major role in disrupting the american economy. Why are not we dealing with that . It is a notion that, this administration came in office not thinking that america should be the greatest power in the world. But if america gets taken back a peg or two it will make the world a better place. And they are comfortable with seeing the rising china and middle east and rising iran. They think if america steps back and a Global Community will be at peace. If it is not america, it is moscow or chinese rules or teheran or complete chaos. And thats where the American People and the American Leadership should americas economic weapon to regain our position in the world. Gordon, do you think that chinese has felt that america is a weaker nation and not afraid of us doing anything because they are pretty sure we wont . It is a global down turn. The chinese thought that the United States is in a terminal decline and acted that way. When Hillary Clinton was secretary of state she tried to signal cooperation with the chinese saying we were going to down grade human rights and the chinese heard that sign of weakness and went on a rampage and attacking our ships . International waters and that is a lesson for us that the chinese dont respect us and what we have seen in the the last several days, Chinese State media attacking president obama. And it is an indication that they are dising us and not only our president but the United States as well. General, china has built up the military in a time when we decimated ours and building 6 or 7 ships for every one that we are building. What is happening to the imbalance of military power and might and does it concern you . It concerns me greatly, the chinese are playing a long game. They see themselves taking over our role as the dominant pour in the world and it would be a horrible world if the chinese are in power. What they have done, they saw us get down in decade in two middle Eastern Countries and they built their nuclear forces. China is at a moment could detry our country with Nuclear Weapons and they have that capability and as gordon mentioned. Intelligence services and they serve their ends. When you deal with chinese businesses or anything. They are arms of the chinese government. Gordon, if you gave advice to the president today. 1, 2, 3. And what do you do in relation to china differently . One thing to do. Stop talking to china as a friend and impose costs for unacceptable behavior. When they attack apple or other american companies, what we need to do is impose a cost on china and we can do that. China is dependent on the export market. 2. 7 percent of the overall merchandise trade surplus related to sales to the United States. That gives us a very big hammer. Pete you have a question or comment for gordon. Gordon, is china really as strong as we persoef it or is there a paper tiger there, one child policy and command economy. And are there vulnerabilities that there could prevent. And that we could exploit. Oh, yeah, china is in trouble because the economy is growing in the low Single Digits and headed for a debt crisis and the political system is in di